Rich and Glinda Crawford

No one in recent decades has done more to promote prairie appreciation and preservation than Rich and Glinda Crawford. Rich taught in the Department of Biology at UND for 32 years. As an expert in wildlife management and restoration, he taught many of the state's working wildlife biologists. Glinda taught in sociology and interdisciplinary ecological studies. She has an abiding interest in growing prairie roots, and the connections of people to the land. Rich and Glinda were advocates of bringing prairie into our yards and gardens, which led Glinda to establish Soaring Eagle Prairie on UND campus. Rich and Glinda were charter members of Grand Forks County Prairie Partners. Together with their daughter Melanie, they gifted a quarter section of prairie in Oakville Township to North Dakota Game and Fish. Oakville Prairie Wildlife Management Area is just one of the legacies they leave for future generations to enjoy. The Crawfords have now returned to their prairie roots, living on a small farm in Missouri.